Apparatus for wrapping cigars



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Patented Feb. 26, 1935 1 V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1,992,463- AFFABATUS Foa WRAPPI G CIGARS Martin Berger, Freital, Germany, assignor Universelle Cigarettenmaschineni'abrik, J. O.

Muller and 00., Dresden, Germany Application September 3, 1931. Serial No.561,080

In Germany December 1, 1930 14 claims. (01. 93-6) The present invention relates to the packing of the folding fingers showing the adhesive apof cigars, by mechanical means, in individual plying devices, and coverings of tissue paper, cellophane or the like. Figure 12 is aside view of the showing in I It is known that cigars of particularly high qual- Figure 11.

ity have been provided with separate coverings The paper strip 2 coming from the bobbin 1 5 in order to preserve the aroma of the cigar as is passed over the rollers 3 and the tension device satisfactorily as possible. These coverings have 4 to a conicalcore 5, after it has been provided hitherto been made by hand, which is relatively at 6-with printing or the like. The paper strip expensive. is formed on the core into a covering which is The present invention renders the covering of closed at 6" by means of an adhesive or pressure. 10 cigars considerably cheaper by means of the Near the end 5' of the core 5 the cutting device relative movement between a reciprocating spoon 6" is arranged which-divides the formed tube which receives the cigars and a tube or tube porinto individual tube sections. The separated, tion of tissue paper, Cellophane or 'the like tube portion (covering) H is thrust by a suitably which is moved towards said spoon, the cigars shaped pair of rollers'7, 7' onto the spoon 8' which 15 being thrust into the-tube portion separated preis held ready. When the covering is thrust onto viously or at this juncture from the tube, and the spoon 8, the latter is in the position indicated the said tube portion being then closed by twistin Fig. 2. The cigar Z is in the hollow space of in: its ends together by mechanical means. the spoon 8. In the position shown in Fig. 2,

' is preferably thrust by means of conveyer rollers and the finger 9 which is mounted on the lever onto a spoon, by which the cigar is inserted into 11 pivoted at 10 is moved downwards by the the covering. cam 12. The finger 9 hereby engages in a Further, the cigar resting in the spoon-carrier groove 13 provided on the spoon 8. If the spoon 26 is suitably conveyed by means of an actuated 8 then passes to the left, according to Fig. 1, the

finger into the covering resting on the spoon. sheath 11 together with the cigar Z is stripped The covering removed from the spoon and confrom the spoon. The sheath H containing the taining the cigar is then suitably deposited on cigar falls into the trough of the drum 21 in a grooved drum provided with folding fingers, roreadiness therefor, and which is described here- 80 tating sleeve or the like, by means of which the inafter. The connecting rod 14 which moves ends of the covering are folded or twisted the spoon holder 18 on the rails 19, is connected together. at 15 with a crank arm-16. While the cigar with The figures in the accompanying drawings the covering is removed, the rear part of the serve to illustrate the invention. .spoon 8 passes over a conveyer belt 17 having Figs. 1 and 1a show a general view of the grooves 17' containing cigars, on which the cigars 35 apparatus. are passed in the direction indicated by the arrow Figs. 2 and 3 show a plan thereof in two differin Fig. 2, until they come within the range of ent operative positions. the spoon 8. When the spoon 8 has removed Figs. 4-7 show detailed views. the cigar from the conveyer belt 17, it returns Fig. 4 shows the part of the drum in the range to the position shown in Fig. 2 and again takes 40 of which the ends of the cigar covering are up a covering and the operation recommences.

closed. v Thus, after they are removed from the spoon Fig. 4a shows the folding device therefor. 8, the covering containing the cigar falls into Figs. 5 and 6 show a closing device, resembling the groove 21' of a grooved drum21. This drum 'a rotating sleeve in two operative positions. is moved intermittently by any desired mecha- 5 Fig. '7 shows a side view of the closing device. nism and first of all passes the coverings in front Fig. 8 shows another apparatus for closing the of a ram 22, which is actuated by arocking lever ends of the coverings. 24 mounted at 23. The roller 25' of the rocking Fig. 9 is a partial side view of the construction lever co-operates with a cam 26. As soon as a of Fig. 8. covering has arrived in front of the ram 22, the 0 Figure 9a is a continuation of the showing in latter is'thrust by the cam 26 into the covering, Figure 9, whereby the cigar arrives in the position shown Figure 10 is an enlarged lateral elevation of in Figs. 13. During this process, the coverings the perforating device, are prevented from slipping by astop-bar 27 65 Figure 11 is an enlarged partial side elevation which co-operates with the grooved drum 21.

After the cigar has been brought into the middie of the covering, it is first brought into the range of a finger 28 operating radially tothe drum 21, which finger firstrof all folds the end of the covering in the manner shown in Fig. 4. After, a further movement of the drum, the end of the covering arrives in front of a foldingfinger 29 "which performs a further folding. Then the end of the covering passes into the range of a further folding-finger 30, which folds another piece of the end of the covering. The end of the covering is then finally folded by means of the finger 31, after the drum has made another turn in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4. While the, ends of the coverings containing the cigars are closed by the folding fingers 28-30, they are held by the rails 32- which are arranged parallel to the peripheryin such manner that the covering cannot turn in the grooves 21.

Fig. 44 is intended to illustrate the means for driving .-the folding fingers 2831. The folding finger 28 is mounted on a bolt 71 attached at '70 to the frame of the machine. To the finger 28 there is connected" the lever '72 at the end of which a toothed quadrant '73 is provided.- The toothed quadrant engages with a rack 74 which is mounted in suitable recesses '75 of the machine casing '76. On the rack '74 a lever '78 engages by way of a link member 7'7, which is swivelled by actuating members not shown in such manner that the rack is drawn downwards at the right moment into the position shown in Fig. 4. The folding finger 29 is mounted at 79 on the machine casing '76 and carries a toothed quadrant 80 whichengag'es'with' the rack '74 by means of a spur wheel 82 mounted on the machine frame at 81. The foldingfinger 30 is mounted at 83 on the machine frame and also carries a toothed quadrant 84 which engages with the rack '74. The

folding finger 31 is mounted at 85 on the machine 'casing and also engages, with therack '74 by means of a toothed quadrant 86 with which it is provided.

Thus, when the rack "74, actuated by the lever '78, passes into the position indicated by dotted .lines in Fig. 4a, the folding fingers 28-31 are swungback whereupon the drum 21 can make a further movement, 'and the folding fingers 28-31 can again come into operation.

It is obvious that before the fingers 28-30 come into contact with the ends of the covering, they can be caused to pass over a device which supplies glue, so that adhesion is effected simultaneously with the folding operation. For each finger there is provided a cement applying roller 100 which is connected to an adhesive receptacle 101. When the fingers 28, 29, 80 and 81 swing out they make contact with the corresponding adhesive devices and take of! a 'hin layer of adhesive which they give off when folding the corresponding fiaps. Only certain of these adhesive applying devices are shown in the drawings, but the remainder are similar in construction.

The folding fingers 28-81, can, however, also be arranged advantageously only on one side of the drum, while on the other side of the drum the apparatus'for closing the end of the covering facing the tip of the cigar, shown in Figs. -'7, is arranged. Figs. 5 and 8 show a longitudinal section of this apparatus in various operative positions. Fig. '7 shows a partial view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 8, as seen from the left. This displaced longitudinally in relation to the end of the covering which is opposite the folding'finger 28. On the sleeve 33 a further sleeve 34 is mounted, the conical end 84 of which engages under the rear ends of the pivoted levers 35. The pivoted levers 35 are articulated at 36 to the sleeve 38 and their front ends 85 engage in the holes 3'7 of the cheeks 38. While the folding finger 28 closes the end of the covering in the manner shown in Fig. 4, the sleeve 33 is thrust onto the other end of the covering in such manher that the cheeks 38 assume the position shown in Fig. 5. By meansof a controlled lever 40 engaging in the annular groove 89, the sleeve is displaced in such manner that the cheeks arrive in the position shown in Fig. 6. As the sleeve 33 is mounted on a continually rotating spindle, the end of the covering is twisted together in the manner shown in Fig. 6. It is obvious that if the rotating sleeve is not so arranged, that it moves with the grooved drum- 21, it must perform this operation in the same time that is required by one of the folding fingers to complete its folding operation.

Further it is immaterial whether the rotating sleeve shown in Figs; 5-7 performs its function simultaneously with one of the folding. fingers 28-80 orif the twisting together of the end of the covering takes place before or after this operation.

Under the grooved drum 21 there may be arranged advantageously a conveyer belt 42 running over the. rollers 41, which belt passes the cigars, covered in the manner just described, to the position where they can be further dealt with (packing position).

In the mode of construction shown in Figs.v 8 and 9 the grooved drum 21 is not provided with folding devices for folding the ends of the cover-' two pairs of rollers 44 and 45, which squeeze the two ends of the covering together. 'The end of the covering facing the tip of the cigar is now conducted to a perforating device 46; The vertically reciprocating punch 4'7 ,cooperates with a suitably formed matrix 48 which serves as a bearing or support for the squeezed-together ends of the sheath. The punch 4'7 thereby carries aseries of punching dies 47' opposite which are corresponding openings in the matrix 48. The punch 47 is moved vertically in the guides 4'7.

which are provided on the frame portion 47 the matrix 47' is also secured to the frame portion 43. The punch 4'7 is provided with a slot 4'7 in which the crank pin 4'7 engages. The crank pin 47 is mounted on the crank (cam) disk47 which is mounted on the shaft 47". Also mounted on shaft 4'!" is the sprocket wheel 47' which is connected by means of the chain 47' with the sprocket chain mounted on the squeezing device 44. 45.

After two further movements of the conveyer belt, the. coverings arrive in the range of the device V, by means of which the ends of the covering are provided with the adhesive tabs. The adhesive tabs are made from the paper strip 49 coming from the bobbins 50. The pair of rollers 51, which are driven by the Geneva gearing 52, serve as tension members. Behind the pair of tension rollers 51 there are arranged the glue-applying rollers 58, which are connected with the glue-container 54. The rollers 55 serve as abutment for the rollers 53. As soon as the strips have arrived in the position shown particularly in Figs. 8 and 9, in which the ends rest on small tables 56'and the flattened ends of the covering rest thereon, the knives 57, which are pivoted on pins 58, are swung in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 9. Thus the edges of the knives 57 meet with the edges of the knives '59, -so that a short portion is always separated from the strip 49. The pivoting movement of the knives '57 is produced by means of the spur wheels 60 which are oscillated by the crank mechanism '61, 62. With the spur wheels 60 there engage the toothed quadrants 63 which are connected with the axes 58 of the knives 57. Now

when the tabs have been severed, the knives,

swing further into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 9, in which they place the previously severed ends of the tabs on the already adhering ends of the flattened end-portion of the covering. Then the knives swing back into their initial position, and the conveyer belt .43, after the tab-strips 49 have again been adcontinuously feeding a strip of flexible material,

means for forming said strip into a tube, means for cutting said tube into predetermined lengths, means for feeding said lengths to a filling station, means for inserting a cigar into said lengths holding a tube of flexible material. a reciprocating spoon for inserting articles within said tube, cam operated mechanism for stripping said articles from said spoon and depositing the same within said tube, cam operated mechanism for adjusting the position of said articles within said tube and means for sealing the ends of said tube to enclose said articles within said tube.

3. A wrapping machine comprising a magazine for a continuous strip of flexible material, means for feeding said strip from said magazine, means for printing upon said strip, core means for forming said strip into a continuous tube, means for cutting said tube into predetermined lengths and means reciprocating in a direction parallel to the movement of said tube for carrying articles within said lengths.

4. A wrapping machine comprising means for forming a continuous tube of flexible material, means for cuttingsaid tube into predetermined lengths, a spoon carrying an article to be wrapped, means for feeding a predetermined length of tube over said spoon, means for stripping said article and said length from said spoon, a drum having grooves therein intowhich said length and article is moved and means for sealing the ends of said lengths while carried by said drum.

5. A wrapping machine comprising means for forming a continuous tube of flexible material, means for cutting said tube into predetermined lengths, an endless belt intermittently operated carrying the articles to be wrapped, it recipro eating spoon for taking said articles from said belt and inserting the same within said predetermined lengths means for withdrawing said spoon from said lengths and means for closing the ends of said lengths in order to enclose said articles.

6. A wrapping machine comprising a rotary drum having grooves therein in which tubes of flexible material are held, article feeding means located adjacent said drum, means for transferring an article from said article feeding means into said tubes held in said drum and a reciprocating ram for adjusting the position of said ar-- ticle within said tube.

7. A wrapping machine comprising a rotary drum having grooves therein in which tubes of flexible material are held, article feeding means located adjacent said drum, means for transferring an article from said article feeding. means into said'tubes held in said drum, a reciprocating j ram for adjusting the position of said article within said tube and means for closing the ends of said tubes to enclose saidarticle.

8. A wrapping machine comprising a conveying device carrying tubes of flexible material having articles therein, means for compressing the ends of said tubes, a perforating device for providing a separating seam and means for'applying a tab upon the flattened ends of said tubes.

9. A wrapping machine comprising means for,

forming a continuous tube of flexible material, means for cutting said tube into predetermined lengths, means for inserting articles to be wrapped into said lengths, means for conveying said lengths with the articles therein, means for compressing the ends of said lengths, perforating means for providing a separating seam at the compressed ends and means for applying a glued tab upon the flattened ends of said lengths.

10. A wrapping machine comprising means for forming a continuous tube of flexible material, means for cutting said tube into predeterfor inserting articles to be wrapped within said lengths while at said conveying means, rollers for compressing the ends of said lengths while carried by said conveying means, means for feeding the continuous strip of material for tabs, means for cutting said tab material into predetermined lengths, means for applying adhesive to said tabular material and means for applying said tabs to the ends of saidilengths.

11. A wrapping machine comprising means for conveying a tubular length of flexible material with articles therein, means for flattening the ends of said .lengths, means for feeding a continuous strip of tab material. to a position adjacent said conveyor and means simultaneously cutting predetermined lengths of tab material from said strip and applying the same to the ends of said lengths.

l2. A-wrapping comprising a conveyor carrying articles within tubular sheaths, means for intermittently feeding a continuous strip of tab .mined lengths, conveying means, means for feeding said lengths to said conveying means, means 13. In a wrapping machine as claimed in claim 1 a twister comprising a rotating sleeve, reciprocating cheeks carried by. said sleeve, levers pivoted to said sleeve for actuating said cheeks and a reciprocating cam element 'ror actuating said levers.

14. In a wrapping machine as claimed in claim MARTIN BERGER. 

